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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 3rd Aug 2005 09:39 UTC
The Mozilla Foundation, developer of the Firefox Web browser, plans to announce Wednesday that it has created a for-profit subsidiary to pursue wider potential for the software.
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Is US Internet Access Being Marginalized?
Every day we hear about how the Web is going to change the movie industry, the music industry and even software usage along with its related data storage. We hear how the web is becoming that ubiquitous utility service that we will all be using at some point whether it be from a desktop, a laptop or our mobile phones. Of course though what isn’t being said that in order to have this ubiquitous ...
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One 'spam king' sentenced; another escapes
SEATTLE - There seems to be a lot of spam royalty out there: A Seattle man known as the "spam king" was sentenced to prison Tuesday, while federal officials said someone else with the same criminal nickname escaped from a prison camp in Colorado.
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23-07-2008: US market up as oil's drop trumps earnings; Yahoo up late
NEW YORK: US stocks rose more than 1% on Tuesday as oil prices slid over US$3 (RM9.81) a barrel, taking the edge off a raft of disappointing earnings from American Express and others as well as a weak outlook from iPod maker Apple.
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Estimate Your Social Security Retirement Benefits Online Now at www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator
WASHINGTON (July 22, 2008) - Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today unveiled a new online calculator at www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator that will provide immediate and personalized benefit estimates to help people plan for their retirement.
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Jerry Yang says committed to remaining Yahoo CEO
Jerry Yang said on Tuesday he is committed to remaining chief executive of Yahoo Inc as he spoke of relief at having averted a proxy battle with Carl Icahn for control of the company.
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Staying Power: The Case For Two Resilient Tech Stocks
Two technology darlings are on sale at steep summer discounts: Apple and Google. If you don't own either of these stocks, now is an ideal entry point. If you already do, this is an excellent time to increase your holdings.
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What Works, What Doesn't, on Mobile Web
Remember when your phone couldn't do much more than make phone calls and send text messages? We've come a long way in a short amount of time, but, as Webmonkey Scott Loganbill explores in this analytical essay, we still have some work to do before we can ditch our desktops for good.
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Google Maps Gets More Pedestrian
The popular mapping site added walking directions to its arsenal of on-the-go search info. While the results aren't perfect just yet, the service is capable of finding and recommending the most direct, flat and pedestrian-friendly route.
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How Newsom got the computer codes
"The first thing I want you to know, Mr. Mayor, is that when you walk out of this room, you will have the computer codes." Those words - delivered to Mayor Gavin Newsom by imprisoned city computer tech Terry Childs in a small, fourth-floor room at city jail...
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 19th Nov 2006 19:32 UTC
C'mon, haven't you ever thought that it would be cool to write a game for the Xbox 360 or Windows, if only you had the time? Microsoft's new XNA Game Architecture is designed to make game development modular and easy.
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Social Networks Aid In Prosecutions
The popularity of websites like Facebook and MySpace are proving to be damaging to people in criminal cases. As KEY News Reporter Ryan Carmel shows us, more and more people are being caught in the act on the internet.
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Recent Original Stories
Oxygen is the new icon theme being created for KDE4. Everything started in March 2005 when a bunch of KDE contributors met in Berlin to form the Appeal Project with the goal to promote KDE related projects and to push the open source desktop to another level.
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The Tangled Web Mail We Weave and Leave
Although Web-based e-mail works differently than "company" e-mail, where the employer owns the e-mail server, it can be a fruitful source of e-discovery. But all parties need to know the legal and technical limits of where Web mail can be found and the means of producing it.
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Proxy firm recommends against Yahoo directors
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis & Co. issued harsh criticism of three members of Yahoo Inc.'s board of directors Tuesday, recommending their ouster at the company's upcoming annual shareholder meeting.
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3PAR introduces integrated virtual desktop management solution
3PAR Thin Copy Desktop for VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is designed to let customers automatically provision hundreds of high-performance virtual desktops that consume only a fraction of the bandwidth and storage capacity required with traditional storage.
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AmeriVault and EMC launch new online data backup service
The new service represents one of three online backup segments provided by AmeriVault that can tailor to a customer's data protection needs with regard to compliance, redundancies, recovery objectives, and price points.
Computer Business Review |
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Tahoe Forest Health selects MetaPass to increase productivity
Single sign-on (SSO) gives computer users the ability to log onto multiple systems without having to authenticate with passwords multiple times.
Computer Business Review |
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Globe Manufacturing selects PostPath server to support distributed workforce
Globe avoided a costly Microsoft Exchange upgrade and instead, selected PostPath Server to improve email access and reliability, calendaring and collaboration.
Computer Business Review |
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Yahoo profit slips to 131 million dollars in second quarter
Struggling Internet pioneer Yahoo reported on Tuesday that its second-quarter profit slipped to 131 million dollars and called on investors to have faith in better times ahead.
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Cuomo strong-arms Comcast over Usenet images
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo finds a novel way to shake down law-abiding broadband companies: accuse them of harboring child pornography, and threaten to prosecute them unless they do what he wants.
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Alt Text: Back to the Batcave: Grading More of Batman's Gear
Part of the enduring appeal of Batman is that he accessorizes. He was toyetic before toyetic was even a word. A horrible, horrible word. In that sense, he's much like those who fanatically follow his adventures: He avoids the sun, dresses in a, shall we say, idiosyncratic manner, collects neat stuff and spends a lot of time on a computer looking for excuses to get into fights. We'll just ...
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Sex and the City: The girls are back -- and for the cast, the wait has been worth it
There are no Wookies in the Sex and the City movie -- no Vulcans with pointy ears or hobbits with oversize feet or aging archaeologists fond of bullwhips and fedoras. Heck, there probably isn't a single computer-generated special effect in it, although it's a safe bet its overwhelmingly female target audience will be oohing and aahing through it anyway.
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MI5: Al-Qaida shopping eBay for ambulances
LONDON -- Members of Britain's MI5 intelligence service have warned the nation's cash-strapped National Health Services that dozens of ambulances -- along with old police cars and fire engines -- are being snapped up by al-Qaida operatives in the United Kingdom to mount suicide bomb attacks, according to a report in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.
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Online recruitment is streamlining clinical trials
The clinical drug trials required to ensure that the next blockbuster makes it to market often last longer than expected. The majority of these delays can be attributed to patient recruitment problems, arising from arduous processes and negative public perceptions. According to a new report by Datamonitor, however, the internet is proving to be an invaluable tool in streamlining recruitment.
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